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Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum
Women in Aviation and Space History

Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum
Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators

Bessiecoleman.com

A,merican Experience: Way Back Flight History for Kids

FAA's The Legacy of Bessie Coleman
by Louise Oertly

The Ninety-Nines Bessie Coleman page


Books:
Bessie Coleman, the Brownskin Lady Bird
Elizabeth Hadley Freydberg


Black Eagles
Jim Haskins
Scholastic, Inc., New York


Black Wings
Von Hardesty & Dominick Pisano, National Air & Space Museum
Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC


Brave Bessie: Flying Free
Lillian M. Fisher


Fly, Bessie, Fly
Lynn Joseph

Flying Free, America’s First Black Aviators
Philip S. Hart

Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, MN


Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman
Reeve Lindbergh


Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator
Doris L. Rich


Up In the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman
Philip S. HartWomen

Explorers of the Air: Harriet Quimby, Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart, Beryl markham, Jacqueline Cochran
Margo McLoone